Cigarette package



' F. F. HUCK CIGARETTE APACKAGE:

Jan., 14, 1941.'v

Filed March 11, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIGS,

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Patented Jan. 14, 1941 g UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE 8 Claims.

My invention relates to cigarette packages and more particularly to acommercial package and method of making such package having formedtherein a cigarette holding body portion and having positioned thereon acontainer to hold matches, the whole arranged as a unitary article ofmanufacture.

Heretofore, cigarettes were wrapped by the manufacturer in a commercialwrapper to form a rectangular shaped package, and the cigarettes werewrapped independently of matches or the like. When selling cigarettes itwas often the custom of the seller to furnish the purchaser with abooklet of matches separate from and independent of the package ofcigarettes. After smoking a few of the cigarettes in the package thepurchaser was often without matches to light the cigarettes remaining inthe package, as he had either lost the bookletI of matches or hadutilized them in lighting cigarettes.

In order that the smoker should have a supply of matches on hand so longas he had cigarettes and to prevent the loss of his booklet of matches,auxiliary casings were formed as an adjunct to the commercial packagesthen in use wherein the commercial package and the matches .were wrappedtogether within the lauxiliary casing so the matches could bewithdrawnfrom the casing one at a time. Other auxiliary casings wereformed having a match container formed on the exterior thereof, butthese casings were also used as an adjunct to the commercial package asput out by the manufacturer.

The auxiliary casings were usually constructed so as to form anenclosure adapted to receive a package of cigarettes wrapped in an oldtype commercial wrapper. These auxiliary casings in many instances wereconstructed as a folder or the like which wrapped about a commercialpackage of cigarettes, and in other instances the casings consisted ofan enclosure of sufficient size to enable a commercial package to /beplaced inside the auxiliary casing. Other types of auxiliary casingsconsisted of complicated structures having a slide or similarcontrivance wherein the cigarettes were kept and the whole assembly wasinserted in a folder.

After these casings were introduced to the public, instead of furnishingthe smoker with a booklet of matches the seller gave him an auxiilarycasing having matches attached thereto in; which he could place thecommercial package already in use. There was, then, no possibility ofthe smoker losing the matches while he still had cigarettes. However,the auxiliary casings hav- (Cl. 20S-48) ing matches attached theretowere an added expense to the manufacturer or dealer since the purchaserwas accustomed to receive matches free of charge and he was unwilling topay for the auxiliary casing and matches. For this reason the cigarettemanufacturer or -dealer had to furnish these auxiliary casings to thepurchasery without cost, and an added burden was placed on themanufacturer equal to the cost of the auxiliary casing.

A short time after the introduction of the auxiliary casings, thecigarette manufacturers were unable to furnish these casings because ofthe extra production cost, and the manufacturers and dealers soonreturned to their old method of distributing matches in book formseparate from. and independent of the cigarette package.

In order to reduce to a minimum the cost of a cigarette package havingmatches therein one object of my invention is to provide a cigarettepackage adapted for use as a commercial wrapper that has formed thereina cigarette holding body portion and has positioned thereon a matchcontainer to hold matches.

Another object of my invention is to provide a commercial cigarettepackage having formed therein a cigarette holding body portion andhavling positioned thereon a match container to hold matches that ischeap to manufacture.

Another object of my invention is to provide a commercial cigarettepackage and method of making such package that may be formed from ablank comprising a single sheet of flexible material which may be foldedeither by hand or by machine.

l A more specic object of my invention is to provide a cigarette packageand method of makt ing such package which includes a commercial wrapper,the package being constructed having formed therein a cigarette holdingbody portion and having positioned thereon a match container to holdmatches, the whole. being formed from a blank comprising a single sheetof flexible material and arranged as a unitary article of manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent to those skilled in theart from the following description, wherein reference is made to theaccompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of myinvention and wherein reference numerals designate like parts throughoutthe several views.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 shows a plan view of the blank from which thecigarette package and match container is formed.

Fig. 2 shows the blank after making the first fold.

Fig. 3 shows the blank folded to form corrugations to contain matchestherein.

Fig. 4 shows the neXt step in forming the match container.

Fig. 5 shows the match container completed and also the folding lines toform the panels of the commercial wrapper.

Fig. 6 shows the completed commercial package.

Fig. '7 is a section taken on line l-l of Fig. 3.

Fig. 8 is a section taken on line 8 8 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 9 is a section taken on line 9--9 of Fig. 5.

Fig. l is a section taken on line Iii- HB of Fig.

Fig. 11 shows a detailed view of a match used in the match containerand,

Fig. 12 shows two cigarette packages as they appear when placed togetherin a box or carton.

Referring to the drawings which show a preferred embodiment of myinvention the blank l is formed of a plurality of sections 2, 3 and iwhich in the embodiment shown are rectangular in shape and of varioussizes. The rectangular sections are joined end to end with section 3 ofintermediate size between the smallest section il and the largestsection 2. The largest section 2 forms the cigarette holding bodyportion and the two remaining smaller sections 3 and ci form the matchcontainer.

The cigarette holding body portion is formed from the section 2 byfolding the sheet on the lines i2, i3, Iii and i5, as shown in Fig. 5,to form the face panels IB, l1 and IS and the intermediate panels I9 and2t positioned between the face paneis. The face panels I6 and i8 arejoined together by means of an adhesive substance or the like to form aface panel the same size as the face panel il. The end portions ofsection 2 are then folded on the lines 26, 2, 28, 29, B, 3|, 32, 33 and34 to form the end panels 2l, 22, 23, 2G and 25. Therefore, a cigaretteholding body portion is formed enclosed by the face panels I6, I1 andle, the intermediate panels i9 and 29, and the end panels 2l, 22, 23, 24and 25 by folding section 2 in the manner described above. When thefolds are all cornpleted and the package is completely assembled it willappear as shown in Fig. 12.

In forming the match container, section 3 is folded upon itself alongthe line as shown in Fig. 2 and it is then stamped or otherwise operatedupon so as to form the corrugations E shown in Fig. 3, detail views ofwhich are shown in Figs. 7, 8, 9 and l0. The blank is further foldedback upon itself at the junction of sections 3 and li to form anintermediate wall 8c. and again on the line 8 to form a reinforcing wallEl) of the container.

An adhesive substance, or the like, is used to fasten the corrugatedsection 3 to the cigarette package proper as at Hl, to fasten theintermediate wall Sa of section 4 to the outside of the corrugatedsection 3 as at H, and to fasten the reinforcing wall 8b to theintermediate wall 8a as at Ha.

The match container described above consists of an inner wall formed bythe face panels It and I8, corrugations G formed in section 3 to receivethe matches, and an intermediate wall 8o and a reinforcing wall 8bformed by section ii. The double thickness of section i which forms theintermediate and reinforcing walls 8a and Sb, respectively, givesrigidity and added strength to the match container.

A match 9 is inserted in eachcorrugation 't formed in the section 3, asshown more particularly in Figs. 6 and l0. Two rows of matches areprovided, one row positioned in the corrugations between the section 3and the face panels IE and IS, and a second row, preferably lower thanthe first row and in front thereof, positioned between the intermediatewall 8a, and the corrugations 6.

ie matches used in the container are preferably of the pull out type,but any other match may be used, such as safety matches or strikeanywhere matches. The pull out match as shown in Fig. 1l consists of ahead 35 and a body portion 36 which has thereon a finger grip 3l formedonthe end of the body portion 36. The head 35 is made of the usualmaterial which ignites when the head is rubbed across an abrasivesurface, and the body portion 35 is formed of wood, stiff cardboard, orthe like, which is impregnated with wax in order to facilitate burningthereof.

When the pull out match is used, as shown in the present embodiment,abrasive surfaces 38 and E@ are provided for each row of matches so thematches will ignite as they are withdrawn from the container. n theembodiment shown, I prefer to position a pairof abrasive surfaces nearthe top of each match compartment so the match head wiil Contact theabrasive surfaces as it is withdrawn from the match container. Thematches are positioned in two rows, the front row lower than the rear toafford the smoker a convenient grip on the match and, therefore, theabrasive surfaces Et for the matches positioned in the rear compartmentswill be above the abrasive surfaces 3S for the matches positioned in thefront compartments.

Either one or two abrasive surfaces may be used for each row of matches,but I prefer to use two surfaces arranged one on each side of thecompartments containing the matches so as to insure ignition of thematch as it is pulled from the match container. The abrasive surfaces 38for the rear compartments may be formed on the face panels l and 8 andon one side of the corrugated surface adjacent the above mentionedpanels. The abrasive surfaces 39 for the lower front match compartmentmay be formed on the corrugated surface remote from the above men tionedface panels and on the inner side of the intermediate wall ila. However,in some instances it may be found more expedient to furnish only oneabrasive surface for each row of matches, and the abrasive surfaces maythen be formed on only one wall of each compartment.

The number of matches in the match container should be no less than thenumber of `cigarettes contained in the package. However, I prefer tohave a slightly larger number of matches than cigarettes in case thesmoker is unable to light a cigarette on a single match. The number ofmatch compartments may be varied by varying the length of section 3 and,therefore, the number of corrugations formed therein. It is obvious thatthe larger the number of corrugations employed in forming the matchcontainer the greater will be the number of matches the match containerwill hold.

The section 2 of blank I may be of any size, but it should besufficiently large to girdle a desired number of cigarettes arranged inparallel relation one to the other. By varying the length of section 2and by varying the size of the face and intermediate panels formedtherefrom any number of cigarettes may be enclosed in the cigaretteholding body portion of the package.

The match container is preferably positioned on a face panel of thecommercial package so as to occupy not more than one-half of the area ofthe panel and so as not to extend beyond the center line thereof, norbeyond the edge of the commercial wrapper, all as shown in Fig. 6. Byconstructing the packages in this manner a given number of packages maybe packed in a smaller carton than would otherwise be possible becausethe face panels having thereon the match containers may be placedadjacent to each other in such a position so the match container on onepackage will not register with the match container on an adjacentpackage i In using my new commercial package, th smoker will open thepackage at one corner as was the custom when utilizing the commercialpackages used heretofore not equipped with a match container thereon.After a cigarette is withdrawn from the package through the opening thesmoker will grasp a match 9 by the grip 31 between his thumb and indexnger and pull the match from its compartment in the match container. Asthe match is withdrawn the head 35 will rub against the abrasivesurfaces 38 or 39, depending on the row in which the match is contained,and the friction between the abrasive surfaces and the match head willignite the match.

Blanks of varying shapes and sizes may be used to form various types ofpackages without deviating from the scope of my invention, and while Idescribe a particular construction embodying my invention it is, ofcourse, evident that the construction may be varied in many particularsand I, therefore, do not limit myself to the form and arrangement shownand described.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

1. As an article of manufacture a commercial cigarette packagecomprising a single blank of flexible material adapted to form acomplete cigarette holding body portion and a match container, saidblank consisting of a plurality of sections of different sizes eachjoined end to end to an adjacent side or face panel of the cigarettebody portion or match container, the entire body portion of said packagebeing formed from the largest section and the match container beingformed from the smaller sections, whereby the match container and thecigarette package can be each manipulated independently of the other.

2. As an article of manufacture a commercial cigarette packagecomprising a blank of flexible material, a portion thereof girdling agroup of parallel cigarettes to form a wrapper therefor and theremaining portion having formed therein a plurality of corrugations toreceive matches to form a match container, said match container beingpositioned adjacent said wrapper and fastened thereto and said matchcontainer being arranged on said wrapper so as to occupy not more thanone-half of the area of a face of said package and being positioned onone side of the center of said face.

3. As an article of manufacture a commercial cigarette packagecomprising a cigarette holding body portion and a match container formedfrom a single sheet of flexible material, said sheet being divided bymeans of folds into face panels and intermediate panels to form saidbody portion, fastening means to secure together overlapping panels,said sheet being further divided by means of folds into end panelswhereby an end of said body portion is closed, and said match containerbeing formed from the remainder of said sheet as an extension of theface panel and being positioned on a face panel of said cigaretteholding body portion.

4. As an article of manufacture a commercial cigarette packagecomprising a cigarette holding body portion and a match container formedfrom a blank of flexible material, said body portion being formed byfolding a portion of said' blank upon itself to form'face panels andintermediate panels, fastening means to secure together face panelsseparated from each other by two intermediate panels and a face panel,end panels formed from said blank by means of folds to cover the end ofsaid body portion, and said match container being formed by folding theremaining portion of said blank whereby corrugations are formed thereinadapted to receive matches and positioned adjacent said body portion,said match container being further arranged so as to occupy not morethan one-half of the area of said face panel and being positioned on oneside of the center of said face panel.

5. As an article of manufacture a commercial cigarette packagecomprising a cigarette holding body portion and a match container formedfrom a single blank of flexible material, said body portion being formedby folding a portion of said blank upon itself to form face panels andintermediate panels, fastening means to secure together face panelsseparated from each other by two intermediate panels and a face panel,end panels formed from said blank by means of folds to cover the end ofsaid body portion, and said match container being formed by folding theremaining portion of said blank whereby corrugations are formed thereinadapted to receive matches and positioned adjacent to said body portionand on a face panel.

6. As an article of manufacture a commercial cigarette packagecomprising a cigarette holding body portion and a match container formedfrom a single sheet of flexible material, said body portion beingfoi-med by folding a portion of said sheet upon itself to form facepanels and intermediate panels, fastening means to secure together facepanels separated from each other by two intermediate panels and a facepanel, end panels formed from said sheet by means of folds to cover theends of said body portion, and said match container being formed bymeans of folds from the remaining portion of said sheet and positionedon a face panel of said body portion and arranged thereon so as tooccupy not more than one half of the area of said face panel and beingpositioned on one side of the center of said face panel whereby whensaid packages are positioned with the faces having the match containersthereon adjacent one to the other said match containers will not be inregistry with each other and will not extend beyond the body portion ofsaid package.

7. As an article of manufacture a commercial cigarette packagecomprising a cigarette holding body portion and a. container to receivematches, said container being formed from a continuation of a face paneland fastened to a face of said body portion and being arranged thereonso as to occupy not more than one half of the area of said facev andbeing positioned on one side of the center thereof.

8. As an article of manufacture, a commercial cigarette packagecomprising a single blank of flexible material adapted to form acomplete cigarette holding body portion and a match container, saidblank having one large portion arranged to be folded into the four sidesand an end constituting a cigarette package, a smaller elongated portionof the blank extending from a face of said package to constitute aportion of the match container, said smaller portion arranged to becorrugated, and a still smaller elongated portion extending from theside of the corrugated portion and arranged to be folded upon saidcorrugated portion, whereby conjointly with the face panel of thecigarette package to for-m a match container comprising a plurality ofelongated match holding compartments upon a portion only of a face panelof the cigarette package.

FRANK F. HUCK.

